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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lester instruct Kathy to think about while he is gone to the county offices with Esmail and Behrani?
(a) Some way out of this mess.
(b) What to tell his boss.
(c) Someplace sunny they could go.
(d) What to do with all that money.

2. What crimes is Kathy charged with?
(a) Theft and false imprisonment.
(b) Aggravated kidnapping, false imprisonment, and brandishing a weapon.
(c) Breaking and entering, brandishing a weapon, and theft.
(d) Breaking and entering and brandishing a weapon.

3. How much bail will Lester have to pay to get out of jail?
(a) There is no bail for kidnappers.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $250,000.
(d) $500,000.

4. What does Lester think Esmail is trying to do when he sees the window is open?
(a) Run for the door.
(b) Close the blinds.
(c) Leave through the window.
(d) Jump on Lester.

5. Why does Kathy start to smile when she sees Connie Walsh in jail?
(a) Because she is anxious for the news Connie Walsh is bringing.
(b) Because they are good friends.
(c) Because Connie Walsh is wearing shoes.
(d) Because she knows Connie Walsh can get her out of jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Behrani believe he must do to save his son's life?

2. How does Lester feel about his wife?

3. How has Esmail reacted to Lester's breaking into their home and holding them at gunpoint?

4. How does Behrani say he feels about his menial job on bad days?

5. How does Kathy say she feels about herself now that she is safe in bed inside the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kathy's judgment so confused as she drives to the house and parks in the driveway?

2. What is nazr?

3. Why does Lester feel that his gun has become a "burdensome overreaction in the house?"

4. What is Connie Walsh's planned defense for Kathy?

5. When Lester describes his feelings during the drive to the county office, he says it is probably the way felons want to feel all the time. How does he say he feels?

6. Why does Lester feel that his anger, which is leaving him in the Behrani house, is something precious that he needs?

7. Kathy doesn't shower because she doesn't want to clean up, then put on again the clothes she has stolen. How is this a metaphor for her situation now?

8. Why does Kathy go sit in the car to wait for Lester to return? Why doesn't she stay inside the house?

9. As Kathy reviews events in her mind, she believes that she was willing to let Lester do anything to put off one moment. What is she so anxious to postpone?

10. How do Behrani's feelings change when he finds Kathy in the car in his driveway?

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